In ancient times, music education was an essential part of mathematics education: in the Quadrivium mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy formed a four-unit whole. In China, among others, Confucius emphasized the importance of music education and the connection between poetry, law and music.

In 1969, the real revolution (internet) was in disguise. It looked like an evolution. Even now, Licklider is hardly known. A regular man. And the revolutionary-looking spacemen of yore, turned out to be part of an evolution. Already in the 17th and 18th centuries people dreamed of a journey to the moon. …

Through these composite emotions we can become who we want to be, they form the fuel in the direction of our desired virtues. For example, almost no one is brave at birth, but can become so, both by the desire to be courageous and by a lot of practice (trial and error). Complex emotions are not innate …

Just like learning in the brain, social progress (development) is based on accommodating and assimilating. We structure the information from the outside world on the basis of what we already know (assimilate them in our knowledge structures). If the information does not fit in already present knowledge …

There 's a largely unnoticed power that multinationals (electronics giants, Google, Facebook, etc.) have in our lives, including upbringing and education. And like magic oil, digital techniques are good for everything. No condition is conceivable, or there is an app for it. Certainly, if there is none, …

People think that they understand a device that is part of their functioning, even if they only understand it at the procedural (automatic) level. That is, as an incorporated part of their action repertoire (how to work with it). When asked, often we don 't even understand seemingly simple devices, …

Happiness and (mis)fortune are very individual matters of different origins: mental and material. They can not be (directly) traced back to each other. Prosperity can always turn into adversity and vice versa. This does not alter the fact that someone who has made courage or cheerfulness her second nature, …

Many attempts have been made to build an artificial brain. This paper aims to contribute to the conceptualization of an artificial learning system that functionally resembles an organic brain in a number of important neuropsychological aspects. Probably the techniques (algorithms) required are already …

The preservation of the planet our greatest interest? May a politician who is taken seriously behave as popupists sometimes do? So far from home - in China - I dream away,  thinking about Holland, but now from my new Chinese perspective. My hosts break through my train of thoughts. They are fortunately …

Since the emergence of modern man some 200,000 years ago, people and technologyhave been inextricably linked to each other. However, unlike traditional technology -such as leverage (and derivative applications such as hammers, wheels and crankshafts),and control of fire - smart technology is equipped …